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Cincinnati’s last home game of the season came down to the final seconds, but they could not pull through in the end.  The Bearcats faced a strong Villanova team, who are ranked 9^th in the country and are in 2^nd place in the Big East Conference.  Unfortunately, they lost following 14-point run in the last six minutes after trailing by as many as 16 in the second half.  Guard, Lance Stephenson converted a 3-point play with seven seconds left in the game. This was followed by a Villanova turnover, which led to a 3 by Rashad Bishop, to make it a 2-point game.  Nova’s Scottie Reynolds hit both free throws after being fouled on the inbounds pass to secure the win for the Wildcats.

Bishop had the game high 19 points, followed by Vaughn’s 18, which included 4 from beyond the 3-point line.  Big man, Yancy Gates has improved his free throw shooting lately as he went 7-7 from the line in this one along with 4 offensive rebounds.  Villanova had a balanced offensive effort with six players in double-digits led by Reynolds, who had 17.  This is the last home game senior’s Vaughn and Toyloy would play at Cincinnati.  Vaughn was quoted by ESPN saying, “I thought I played pretty good. It’s a terrible way to end your career, at home with a loss. Nobody wants to lose on senior night. I’m proud of us as a team that we didn’t give up. We didn’t make shots, but we kept it going. We just missed some shots.”

The Bearcats look to positively close out their regular season on Saturday when they take on the Georgetown Hoyas at 12 p.m.

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After being up by as many as 15, Connecticut’s full court trap forced some Cincinnati turnovers late in the 2^nd half to close the gap to single digits.  Deonta Vaughn’s 4 free throws in the last couple minutes were clutch to secure Cincinnati’s first road victory in over a month.

After being tied at the half, the Bearcats came out aggressive in the 2^nd to push to a double-digit lead.  Cincinnati’s offensive rebounding was big in this game, which totaled at 17.  The Bearcat’s leading scorer was Lance Stephenson at 14 points. In addition, Vaughn and Thomas each had 10 points, with Thomas also being the team’s rebound leader at 11.  Coach Mick Cronin said before the game that, “Rebounding and defense on the road are like your luggage, you need to bring them both to win.”  The Bearcats did just that as they out-rebounded the Huskies and limited their opponents shooting to under 35%.

Tune in as Cincinnati looks to win back-to-back road games Tuesday night as they take on the South Florida Bulls at 7 PM.

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Tuesday night the UC Women’s Basketball team tried to pick up their second conference win of the season against a very good Georgetown team.  UC took a two point lead into the locker room at halftime against the #19 ranked Hoyas.  But as Ashley Morgan reports mistakes at the end of the game kept the Bearcats from pulling the upset.

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With their second straight loss Tuesday night to Syracuse, Notre Dame woke up this morning tied for 7th in the Big East Conference.  They are tied with UC and Providence.  There is plenty of basketball left to be played, but here is a quick look at how things stack up in te Big East Conference for Men’s Basketball:

1.  Villanova     5-0

2.  Pitt   5-0

3.  Syracuse    5-1

4. Georgetown   4-2

5.  West Va    4-2

6.  Louisville   3-2

7.  UC / ND/ Prov   3-3

Everyone makes the Big East Tournament. However… seeding is very important, especially for early round byes.

The game was tied with 4 seconds left, when forward, Yancy Gates put back his own miss to win the game, 60 -58.  This last possession was typical of how the bearcats dominated the boards all game. Gates’ rebound total was 13 with 6 offensive boards, which helped the bearcats to this tough victory.  Much of this win was due to the bearcats defense on Notre Dame star, Luke Harangody, who is the only player in Big East history to lead in points and rebounds for consecutive seasons.  Harangody had 14 points with 11 rebounds, but was held to only 5 field goals out of 20 attempts.

Cincinnati got off to a slow start in the opening minutes trailing 7 – 0.  The bearcats would come back and went on a 9 -2 run with 6 minutes left in the second half.  Deonta Vaughn led the bearcats with 15 and Rashad Bishop totaled 10 points in 24 minutes off the bench.

Wednesday, the bearcats face South Florida, who has an 11-6 record, but only 1-3 within the Big East conference.  Hopefully Cincinnati could stay strong on the offensive glass as they continue to struggle with their field goal percentage shooting 44% on the season and 28% from behind the arc.

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Next Game:  Wednesday January 20- USF in 5/3 Arena 7:00 Tip

Having lost two in a row the Bearcat basketball team was looking for some help Saturday when they hosted Notre Dame at Fifth Third Arena.   What better way to get some luck against the irish than to bring the UC Football team to be recognized at halftime for their back to back Big East Championships.   Along with the two trophies the team brough along thier new coach, Butch Jones, who introduced himself and his coaching staff to the Bearcat faithful.

Apparently what Coach Jones said worked for the basketball team.  After trailing at half by 7, the cats clawed back and beat the Irish by 2!

While some Bearcat teams saw success this past year others saw change.  Following the regular season Athletic Director Mike Thomas decided to make a change in the women’s basketball program.    During the first week of April,  Thomas brought in long time UCONN assistant coach Jamelle Eliott to take the program in a new direction.   Reporter David Harding had our coverage of this story.

Spring football is over and most college campuses are wrapping up the school year.  So what are college football writers and “experts” supposed to do with their free time?  Here’s an idea, why not predict the bowl match ups for this winter!  Yes, it’s been done, College Football News.com has gone out on a limb and projected each bowl match up.  Their Big East champ is West Virginia and they have them going to the Sugar Bowl.  What about last years champs?  Where are they sending the Bearcats?  Put away the sun tan lotion and pack your parka…..it’s back to Toronto.  During the of season some coaches get worried about the players reading to many press clippings, maybe this one should be posted on every locker.

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What is the most successful team in UC history?  What team has won the most national championships?  Basketball…wrong!    It’s the UC dance team.  This past year they collected their fourth national title at a competition in Orlando, Florida.   The title not only solidified their dominance in competitive dance at the collegiate level, but it got them an invitation to represent their country in world competition. Our Kristen Liguori has the story of their quest for a World title.

For those that see the team perform at basketball games may not realize the talent these girls have.  They attract incoming freshmen from around the country with their reputation in competitive dance.  We were invited to one of their practices, and once they got back from their 2 mile run they went at hard for 4 hours.  This is their routine 5 nights a week, so the next time they take the floor at half time stay in your seat was watch the best dance team in the world perform in your own back yard.

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